Tonga is cleaning up after a category 4 cyclone tore
through the island nation late Monday.

Roofs were torn off buildings and Parliament was
flattened.

The full extent of damage is still being
assessed.

The cyclone was heading towards Fiji’s southern islands
on Tuesday.

Tonga is cleaning up after a category 4 cyclone tore through the
archipelago late Monday.

Cyclone Gita had winds of up to 125 miles (200
kilometers) per hour and flattened the nation’s
parliament, reported
Reuters.

Roofs were torn off buildings and floods and downed power lines
were observed.

“The full extent of damage caused by Cyclone Gita is still being
assessed but there is an immediate need for assistance on the
ground,” New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said
in a statement.

Peters added that about 5,700 people sought shelter in evacuation
centers on Monday night, and the number will likely increase on
Tuesday.